Volume 97, Issue 8

25 August 2006

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On the Cover

A single atom (dot) has been cooled in an optical cavity to the ground state of axial motion (in and out of the figure). Shown are some of the polarized beams used for radial cooling and internal state manipulation.

From the article:

Cooling to the Ground State of Axial Motion for One Atom Strongly Coupled to an Optical Cavity
A. D. Boozer, A. Boca, R. Miller, T. E. Northup, and H. J. Kimble
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083602 (2006)

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Fate of Vacancy-Induced Supersolidity in ${}^{4}{He}$

M. Boninsegni, A. B. Kuklov, L. Pollet, N. V. Prokof’ev, B. V. Svistunov, and M. Troyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080401 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Environment-Mediated Control of a Quantum System

Raffaele Romano and Domenico D’Alessandro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080402 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Stable Skyrmions in Spinor Condensates

Igor F. Herbut and Masaki Oshikawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080403 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Degenerate Bose-Fermi Mixture of Metastable Atoms

J. M. McNamara, T. Jeltes, A. S. Tychkov, W. Hogervorst, and W. Vassen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080404 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Optimal Entanglement Criterion for Mixed Quantum States

Heinz-Peter Breuer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080501 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Distinctive Fluctuations in a Confined Geometry

M. Degawa, T. J. Stasevich, W. G. Cullen, Alberto Pimpinelli, T. L. Einstein, and E. D. Williams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 080601 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Scalar-Field-Dominated Cosmology with a Transient Acceleration Phase

F. C. Carvalho, J. S. Alcaniz, J. A. S. Lima, and R. Silva

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081301 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Simultaneous Measurement of Ionization and Scintillation from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon for a Dark Matter Experiment

E. Aprile, C. E. Dahl, L. de Viveiros, R. J. Gaitskell, K. L. Giboni, J. Kwong, P. Majewski, K. Ni, T. Shutt, and M. Yamashita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081302 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

No-Go Theorem for $k$ -Essence Dark Energy

Camille Bonvin, Chiara Caprini, and Ruth Durrer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081303 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Elementary Particles and Fields

Measurement of the Quark Mixing Parameter $\cos 2 ϕ_{1}$ Using Time-Dependent Dalitz Analysis of ${\bar{B}}^{0} \to D [K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}] h^{0}$

P. Krokovny et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081801 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Search for a Neutral Higgs Boson Decaying to a $W$ Boson Pair in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

A. Abulencia et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 081802 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Threshold Resummation in Momentum Space from Effective Field Theory

Thomas Becher and Matthias Neubert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082001 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Unified Picture for Single Transverse-Spin Asymmetries in Hard-Scattering Processes

Xiangdong Ji, Jian-Wei Qiu, Werner Vogelsang, and Feng Yuan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082002 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Differential Cross Section and Photon-Beam Asymmetry for the $\vec{γ} n \to K^{+} Σ^{-}$ Reaction at $E_{γ} = 1.5 - 2.4 GeV$

H. Kohri et al. (LEPS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082003 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Measurement of the $t \bar{t}$ Production Cross Section in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

A. Abulencia et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082004 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Nuclear Physics

Discovery of ${}^{109}{Xe}$ and ${}^{105}{Te}$ : Superallowed $α$ Decay near Doubly Magic ${}^{100}{Sn}$

S. N. Liddick, R. Grzywacz, C. Mazzocchi, R. D. Page, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, I. G. Darby, G. Drafta, C. Goodin, C. J. Gross, J. H. Hamilton, A. A. Hecht, J. K. Hwang, S. Ilyushkin, D. T. Joss, A. Korgul, W. Królas, K. Lagergren, K. Li, M. N. Tantawy, J. Thomson, and J. A. Winger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082501 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

$K$ Isomers in ${}^{254}{No}$ : Probing Single-Particle Energies and Pairing Strengths in the Heaviest Nuclei

S. K. Tandel, T. L. Khoo, D. Seweryniak, G. Mukherjee, I. Ahmad, B. Back, R. Blinstrup, M. P. Carpenter, J. Chapman, P. Chowdhury, C. N. Davids, A. A. Hecht, A. Heinz, P. Ikin, R. V. F. Janssens, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. F. Moore, D. Peterson, P. Reiter, U. S. Tandel, X. Wang, and S. Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 082502 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

In-Plane Theory of Nonsequential Triple Ionization

Phay J. Ho and J. H. Eberly

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083001 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Stark Shift Control of Single Optical Centers in Diamond

Ph. Tamarat, T. Gaebel, J. R. Rabeau, M. Khan, A. D. Greentree, H. Wilson, L. C. L. Hollenberg, S. Prawer, P. Hemmer, F. Jelezko, and J. Wrachtrup

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083002 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Dipole Blockade at Förster Resonances in High Resolution Laser Excitation of Rydberg States of Cesium Atoms

Thibault Vogt, Matthieu Viteau, Jianming Zhao, Amodsen Chotia, Daniel Comparat, and Pierre Pillet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083003 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Controlling Electronic Spin Relaxation of Cold Molecules with Electric Fields

T. V. Tscherbul and R. V. Krems

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083201 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

X-Ray Microprobe of Orbital Alignment in Strong-Field Ionized Atoms

L. Young, D. A. Arms, E. M. Dufresne, R. W. Dunford, D. L. Ederer, C. Höhr, E. P. Kanter, B. Krässig, E. C. Landahl, E. R. Peterson, J. Rudati, R. Santra, and S. H. Southworth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083601 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Cooling to the Ground State of Axial Motion for One Atom Strongly Coupled to an Optical Cavity

A. D. Boozer, A. Boca, R. Miller, T. E. Northup, and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083602 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Light Diffraction by a Strong Standing Electromagnetic Wave

A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083603 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Generation of a Superposition of Odd Photon Number States for Quantum Information Networks

J. S. Neergaard-Nielsen, B. Melholt Nielsen, C. Hettich, K. Mølmer, and E. S. Polzik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083604 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Observation of Surface Gap Solitons in Semi-Infinite Waveguide Arrays

Christian R. Rosberg, Dragomir N. Neshev, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Arnan Mitchell, Rodrigo A. Vicencio, Mario I. Molina, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083901 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Model System for a One-Dimensional Magnetic Photonic Crystal

S. Linden, M. Decker, and M. Wegener

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083902 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Plasma and Beam Physics

Experimental Detection of the Optical Pendellösung Effect

Maria L. Calvo, P. Cheben, O. Martínez-Matos, F. del Monte, and J. A. Rodrigo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 084801 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Single-Shot Spectrometry for X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers

Makina Yabashi, Jerome B. Hastings, Max S. Zolotorev, Hidekazu Mimura, Hirokatsu Yumoto, Satoshi Matsuyama, Kazuto Yamauchi, and Tetsuya Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 084802 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Relativistic $A C$ Gyromagnetic Effects in Ultraintense Laser-Matter Interaction

J. P. Geindre, P. Audebert, and R. S. Marjoribanks

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085001 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Zonal Flows in Tokamak Plasmas with Toroidal Rotation

Shaojie Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085002 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Forced Magnetic Reconnection and Field Penetration of an Externally Applied Rotating Helical Magnetic Field in the TEXTOR Tokamak

Y. Kikuchi, M. F. M. de Bock, K. H. Finken, M. Jakubowski, R. Jaspers, H. R. Koslowski, A. Kraemer-Flecken, M. Lehnen, Y. Liang, G. Matsunaga, D. Reiser, R. C. Wolf, and O. Zimmermann (TEXTOR-team)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085003 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Anomalous Ion Channeling in $AlInN / GaN$ Bilayers: Determination of the Strain State

K. Lorenz, N. Franco, E. Alves, I. M. Watson, R. W. Martin, and K. P. O’Donnell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085501 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Low Frequency Raman Scattering from Acoustic Phonons Confined in ZnO Nanoparticles

Harish Kumar Yadav, Vinay Gupta, K. Sreenivas, S. P. Singh, B. Sundarakannan, and R. S. Katiyar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085502 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

$O_{8}$ Cluster Structure of the Epsilon Phase of Solid Oxygen

Hiroshi Fujihisa, Yuichi Akahama, Haruki Kawamura, Yasuo Ohishi, Osamu Shimomura, Hiroshi Yamawaki, Mami Sakashita, Yoshito Gotoh, Satoshi Takeya, and Kazumasa Honda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085503 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Isotope Effect on the Thermal Conductivity of Boron Nitride Nanotubes

C. W. Chang, A. M. Fennimore, A. Afanasiev, D. Okawa, T. Ikuno, H. Garcia, Deyu Li, A. Majumdar, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 085901 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

What Controls Deposition Rate in Electron-Beam Chemical Vapor Deposition?

William B. White, Konrad Rykaczewski, and Andrei G. Fedorov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086101 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Superhard Nitride-Based Nanocomposites: Role of Interfaces and Effect of Impurities

Shiqiang Hao, Bernard Delley, Stan Veprek, and Catherine Stampfl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086102 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Multiregional Hybrid Method and Its Application: Formation of an Atomic Protrusion at an Atomic Force Microscope Tip Apex

Yoshimichi Nakamura, Norihiko Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Uda, and Takahisa Ohno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086103 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Magnetically Mediated Transparent Conductors: ${In}_{2} O_{3}$ Doped with Mo

J. E. Medvedeva

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086401 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Fractional Shot Noise in the Kondo Regime

Eran Sela, Yuval Oreg, Felix von Oppen, and Jens Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086601 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Spin-Dependent Quasiparticle Transport in Aluminum Single-Electron Transistors

A. J. Ferguson, S. E. Andresen, R. Brenner, and R. G. Clark

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086602 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Extreme Ultrafast Dynamics of Quasiparticles Excited in Surface Electronic Bands

P. Lazić, V. M. Silkin, E. V. Chulkov, P. M. Echenique, and B. Gumhalter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086801 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Crossed Andreev Reflection-Induced Magnetoresistance

Francesco Giazotto, Fabio Taddei, Fabio Beltram, and Rosario Fazio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087001 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

First-Principles Periodic Calculation of Four-Body Spin Terms in High- $T_{c}$ Cuprate Superconductors

Ibério de P. R. Moreira, Carmen J. Calzado, Jean-Paul Malrieu, and Francesc Illas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087003 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Highly Spin-Polarized Field Emissions Induced by Quantum Size Effects in Ultrathin Films of Fe on W(001)

Bin Li, T. C. Leung, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087201 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Absence of Magnetism in Hcp Iron-Nickel at 11 K

A. B. Papandrew, M. S. Lucas, R. Stevens, I. Halevy, B. Fultz, M. Y. Hu, P. Chow, R. E. Cohen, and M. Somayazulu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087202 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Ultrahigh Frequency Nanotube Resonators

H. B. Peng, C. W. Chang, S. Aloni, T. D. Yuzvinsky, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087203 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Spin-Driven Phonon Splitting in Bond-Frustrated ${ZnCr}_{2} S_{4}$

J. Hemberger, T. Rudolf, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, F. Mayr, A. Pimenov, V. Tsurkan, and A. Loidl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087204 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Quadrupolar Phases of the $S = 1$ Bilinear-Biquadratic Heisenberg Model on the Triangular Lattice

Andreas Läuchli, Frédéric Mila, and Karlo Penc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087205 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Electrical Measurement of Spin-Wave Interactions of Proximate Spin Transfer Nanooscillators

M. R. Pufall, W. H. Rippard, S. E. Russek, S. Kaka, and J. A. Katine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087206 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Zeeman Effect in Superconducting Two-Leg Ladders: Irrational Magnetization Plateaus and Exceeding the Pauli Limit

G. Roux, S. R. White, S. Capponi, and D. Poilblanc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087207 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Impurity Band Conduction in a High Temperature Ferromagnetic Semiconductor

K. S. Burch, D. B. Shrekenhamer, E. J. Singley, J. Stephens, B. L. Sheu, R. K. Kawakami, P. Schiffer, N. Samarth, D. D. Awschalom, and D. N. Basov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087208 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Supersolid Phases in the One-Dimensional Extended Soft-Core Bosonic Hubbard Model

G. G. Batrouni, F. Hébert, and R. T. Scalettar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087209 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

First-Principles Theory of Quantum Well Resonance in Double Barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Yan Wang, Zhong-Yi Lu, X.-G. Zhang, and X. F. Han

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087210 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Polarization and Readout of Coupled Single Spins in Diamond

R. Hanson, F. M. Mendoza, R. J. Epstein, and D. D. Awschalom

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 087601 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

COMMENTS

Comment on “Direct Identification of Critical Clusters in Chemical Vapor Deposition”

Ing-Shouh Hwang and Tien T. Tsong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089601 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Rauscher, Braun, and Behm Reply:

H. Rauscher, J. Braun, and R. J. Behm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089602 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Comment on “Experimental Observation of the $1 / 3$ Magnetization Plateau in the Diamond-Chain Compound ${Cu}_{3} ({CO}_{3})_{2} (OH)_{2}$ ”

Bo Gu and Gang Su

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089701 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Kikuchi et al. Reply:

H. Kikuchi, Y. Fujii, M. Chiba, S. Mitsudo, T. Idehara, T. Tonegawa, K. Okamoto, T. Sakai, T. Kuwai, and H. Ohta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089702 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Cooperative Shear Model for the Rheology of Glass-Forming Metallic Liquids [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 065502 (2006)]

Marios D. Demetriou, John S. Harmon, Min Tao, Gang Duan, Konrad Samwer, and William L. Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089901 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Erratum: Detectability of Dissipative Motion in Quantum Vacuum via Superradiance [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 200402 (2006)]

Woo-Joong Kim, James Hayden Brownell, and Roberto Onofrio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089902 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Publisher’s Note: Orbital Ordering and Jahn-Teller Distortion in Perovskite Ruthenate ${SrRuO}_{3}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 067002 (2006)]

Horng-Tay Jeng, Shi-Hsin Lin, and Chen-Shiung Hsue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 089903 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006